Professor Lachman's research is in the area of lifespan development with a focus on midlife and later life. Her current work is aimed at identifying psychosocial (e.g., sense of control, social support) and behavioral (e.g., physical exercise) factors that can protect against, minimize, or compensate for declines in cognition (e.g., memory) and health. She is conducting studies to examine long-term predictors of psychological and physical health, laboratory-based experiments to identify psychological and physiological processes involved in aging-related changes, and intervention studies to enhance performance and promote adaptive functioning.
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Courses Taught

PSYC

31a

Personality

PSYC

37a

The Psychology of Adult Development and Aging

PSYC

130b

Life Span Development: Early and Middle Adulthood

Awards and Honors

Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Gerontological Society of America
(2015)

Hong, J. H., Charles, S. T., Lee, S., & Lachman, M. E.. "Perceived changes in life satisfaction from the past, present and to the future: A comparison of U.S. and Japan.." Psychology and Aging (2019). (forthcoming)

Lachman, Margie. "Mind the gap in the middle: A call to study midlife.." Research in Human Development 12. (2015): 327-334.

Lachman, Margie. E., Teshale, Salom., & Agrigoroaei, Stefan.. "Midlife as a pivotal period in the life course: Balancing growth and decline at the crossroads of youth and old age." International Journal of Behavioral Development. 39. (2015): 20-31.

Vargas-Lascano, D., Galambos, N., Krahn, H., & .Lachman, Margie E.. "Growth in perceived control across 25 years from the late teens to midlife: The role of personal and parents' education." Developmental Psychology 51. (2015): 124-135.